‘Don Giovanni’ lecture-recital brings together musical artists and humanists

From left: Dr. John Karr, Dr. Maria Briggs and Limuel Forgey at the Don Giovanni lecture/recital

Spanish and voice students took their learning outside of the traditional classroom and into Fresno State’s Concert Hall on Friday, for a cross-disciplinary lecture-recital that examined Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.”

This collaborative effort between the Department of Music and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures combined operatic singing, lecture and a question-and-answer segment in a 50-minute class performance.

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Music Notes: Thomas Hiebert performs ‘The Horn in Chamber Music’ faculty recital

“The Horn in Chamber Music” faculty recital will feature hornist Thomas Hiebert at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Fresno State Concert Hall.  Hiebert has been teaching horn at Fresno state for almost 30 years, since 1987. Accompanying Hiebert are:  Lenore Voth Hiebert (Fresno State faculty) on piano; Rachel Aldrich (Fresno State faculty) on the oboe; Elisha Wilson […]

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